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 Team Cruel | Eliteserien: Prices being revealed Not many days to go until the launch! They have started revealing some prices: 11.5 FWD - Alexander Søderlund (RBK) 5.0 DEF - Tom Høgli (TIL) Thoughts? Søderlund's price is an interesting one,… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 15 |
 Boris Bodega | Does FPL's growing popularity make it harder to do well? I started playing FPL in the 2013/14 season and there were about 3/3.5m players. Now we are up to almost 6m!!! Surely with this amount of players along with the addition of chips that can potential… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 36 |
 Hotdogs for Tea | Chip strategy for the coming game weeks. Alternative BGW31 and beyond strategy, if you have your chips … - ignore GW31 🙂 .... load up on players now that do NOT have a game in GW31, use your transfers for players you actually want in y… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 91 |
 Ludo | The case to captain Kane Harry Kane is currently sitting third in the FFS Captain Poll, with 11.54% of the vote, behind Agüero on 20.67%, and Salah on 37.2%. As someone who has captained Salah for both the last two gamew… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 40 |
 J0E | Targeting the whipping boys Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Whipping boys Among the issues discussed last night was targeting whipping boys – clubs that are in an abyss where they are shipping goals for fun and a… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 40 |
 Individual | The merits of saving a transfer this week Think TL;DR for a lot of questions this week... If you have 1FT and can field a decent xi, roll your transfer. This is because FPL is off for a weekend after the upcoming gameweek. After this, we… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 67 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:30pm Feel free to leave your questions here. | 8 years, 1 month ago | 119 |
J0E | Gameweek 26 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 26 Rough with the smooth Let’s hear your tales of woe and joy. Particularly interested in hearing from any alonso captainers who had salah vi… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 116 |
 Ragabolly | Rank predictor test Hey guys, testing an updated version of a software I wrote that calculates and predicts OR. Please comment with your FPL ID if you are inside the top 20k, and I will give you your new rank. I hop… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 90 |
 ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐ | Man City stars take a break Kevin De Bruyne says he is playing in a state of exhaustion at the moment as Manchester City’s players have been given a four-day break by Pep Guardiola. The prospect of a refreshed and revitalis… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 15 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 27 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 27 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
J0E | Community Writer of the month vote – January Community Writer of the month vote – January It’s that time again to vote for your favourite community writer of the past month. All you have to do is email us here community@fantasyfootbal… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 10 |
J0E | Ownership and the season run in Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ownership and the run in With just 11 Gameweeks to go ownership becomes a bigger issue. Sticking with the most owned players can cause stagnation with lit… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 49 |
 Sideways Backwards | Wat v Che - top 10k player ownership Some info for tomorrow's game in regards top 10k ownership: Players remaining: 1.33 Top owned: Alonso: 4732 Azpilicueta: 2566 Doucoure: 1000 Hazard: 982 Richarlison: 701 Courtois: 601 Mariappa: 5… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 23 |
 Collie01 | Invest or avoid - team by team analysis Shameless repost from this morning. Think this week is a crucial point in the season in terms of how we set our teams up for the future. With BGWs, new signings over transfer window, CL and Cups … | 8 years, 1 month ago | 17 |
J0E | Gameweek 26 Lessons Learned So Far…. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 25 Lessons Learned So Far…. Here’s a couple to get the discussion started. Feel free to comment on these as well as flag up any other lessons … | 8 years, 1 month ago | 59 |
 Bun Rab | Alonso rotation Alonso: I saw some people asking about possible rotation so i wondered what will happen with the arrival of Emerson and what should Alonso owners do? Surely part of his 7m+ price means that he nee… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 11 |
J0E | Gameweek 26 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 8 years, 1 month ago | 94 |
 G-Whizz | GW26 Stats/Odds GW26 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Last week saw Manchester City (673DS) beat West Brom 3-0. Chelsea failed a DS of 479DS by losing to Bournemouth 0-3, Liverpool (298DS) beat Huddersfiel… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 18 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW26 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 26 Apologies again guys! GW25 was skipped by accident... Also GW22 results are wrong - loaded the wrong gameweek stats into it! It will be corrected tomorrow. Alo… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 23 |
J0E | Mahrez replacements Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Mahrez replacements Lots with Mahrez this week looking to move him out. Who are the best replacements and why? Could a punt on Martial at Manchester Uni… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 35 |
 Deulofail | BGWK 31 Early Planning If you're planning to use FTs (and hits) to prepare for GW31 blanks, remember that you will own these new players before and after GW31 (not after if you WC in 32). If you aren't going to permanent… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 48 |
 Rupert The Horse | walcott - wait or worth it? What are people’s thoughts on when or if to get in Walcott. He’s obviously made and immediate impact and should get a run of games in the team. We know his problems with injury’s but he can … | 8 years, 1 month ago | 59 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight (9:30pm) Leave your questions here. | 8 years, 1 month ago | 111 |
J0E | Gameweek 25 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 25 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. Any early transfers that failed? Any happy Walcott or Wilson owners? Best… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 110 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 26 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 26 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
 Siva Mohan | Ozil's new Arsenal deal BREAKING: Mesut Özil has signed a new three-and-a-half year contract to remain at Arsenal until summer 2021. Becomes highest-paid player in club history on around £350,000-a-week before tax. (Sou… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 25 |
Hotdogs for Tea | Aubameyang's prospects Any one know much about Aubameyang? I heard him described as fast and more of a No. 10 playing of the shoulder of a center forward, or maybe like Vardy off the shoulder of a defender .... how will … | 8 years, 1 month ago | 36 |
J0E | Gameweek 25 - Key Lessons So Far... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Lessons learned from Gameweek 25 so far. What lessons have you learned. Here's a couple to get the ball rolling Patience is a virtue Once again those w… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 41 |
J0E | Gameweek 25 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 8 years, 1 month ago | 69 |
G-Whizz | GW25 Odds/Stats GW25 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Last week saw Manchester City (555DS) beat Newcastle 3-1 with an Aguero hattrick. Liverpool (430DS) failed to live up to second place billing by losing… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 18 |
J0E | Gameweek 25's best differential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 25's top differential and why? | 8 years, 1 month ago | 46 |
 Ibracadabra | The case for Choupo Moting 3 reasons to buy Choupo Moting; who I just purchased in place of Arnautovic: 1) A 0.6m savings on his teammate Shaqiri; both have delivered ~ 4ppg this season - that 0.6m can be used elsewhere, fo… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
J0E | Spread the love – or focus on one true love Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Spread the love – or focus on one true love Sanchez has caused quite stir among many Fantasy managers, who are looking to get him in ahead of Huddersfie… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 122 |
J0E | Red Devilish Decisions Ahead Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Red Devilish decisions ahead With Huddersfield at home and two nice easy trips to Newcastle and Crystal Palace in their next five, investment in the Manche… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 62 |
 JONALDINHO | Kdb v Aguero In Aguero's last 8 starts he averaged 6.7 ppg. KDB managed 6.6 ppg in his last 8 starts. KDB is also much more nailed that Kun for future and in 2-3 games many could selling Kun with Jesus back whi… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 51 |
J0E | Cheap options at the back Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Cheap at the back Lots of focus on expensive assets at the back but there is still potential value to be found. Which cheap defenders are you considering? … | 8 years, 1 month ago | 49 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | The Foxes' future looks bright on the right When looking at the defensive statistics from the past 4 GWs I came across a some interesting data Chances Conceded from the Right Flank Everton - 29 Swansea - 18 Burnley - 17 West Ham - 17 It l… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 15 |
Ludo | West Brom on the defensive Here's how West Brom have ranked in various defensive statistics in the 10 games since Pardew took charge. =4th in Goals Conceded =3rd in Clean Sheets =6th in Shots Conceded 5th in Shots in Box Co… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 41 |
Ludo | Assessing Stoke's Midfield Options There’s plenty of buzz around Xherdan Shaqiri on here now, and with the new manager effect possibly kicking in, and some strong upcoming fixtures (WAT/bou/BHA), you can see why we might look to S… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
J0E | Is lack of blanks and DGWKs bad news for FPL veterans? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic As Chelsea falter in the Cup another blank Gameweek disappears. The Blues Gameweek 28 clash with Manchester United will now go ahead as planned. In addi… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 71 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | Carabao Cup Report - Scouting City Assets Well after seeing my beloved Manchester United bow out to the mighty Bristol City, I decided to go back and see last night's 2nd leg at Ashton Gate to ironically support the Robins against our "bit… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 24 |
J0E | Transfer plans in light of GWK 28 latest Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are your top targets, especially in light of the news that Manchester City and Arsenal no longer have a blank. Are the likes of KDB, Aguero, Sane now m… | 8 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
 Powell | No City/Arsenal blank in GW28 Big news. No blank in GW28. Arsenal v City moved to later that week. | 8 years, 1 month ago | 36 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:30pm Feel free to leave your questions for the team here as we get some early thoughts together for Gameweek 25 | 8 years, 1 month ago | 122 |
J0E | Gameweek 24 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 24 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. Any happy Aguero captainers? Any disgruntled Hazard ditchers? | 8 years, 1 month ago | 88 |
 Mark | The Sanchez/Mkhitaryan Swap Shop So the deals are done. Our Moving Target articles are done and will follow tomorrow with some data and analysis but what are your instant reactions to what the Sanchez and Mkhitaryan deals give us?… | 8 years, 2 months ago | 59 |
J0E | Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 25 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 25 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you … | 8 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Spurs replacements Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Spurs replacements The Double Gameweek 22 hangover still carries on for many with the likes of Alli, Son and Eriksen still in our sides. With three toug… | 8 years, 2 months ago | 64 |
 Dino | Save the Free Hit Chip Until the End When is the best week to play the fh chip? I'm just throwing out an unconventional week for discussion as I am not fully sold on the idea myself. I'm thinking potentially gw38 if you can survive … | 8 years, 2 months ago | 37 |